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JAPAN POST INSURANCE CO

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2020
Japan Post insurer plans $2.9 billion buyback to cut owner stake
Japan Post Insurance is seeking to rebuild its business after a sales scandal last year ended with the resignation of senior management and a regulatory penalty.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2020
Japan Post gets proposal to cut 10,000 jobs amid falling revenue
Japan Post Holdings Co. has received a proposal by a group company to cut 10,000 jobs, as the scandal-hit company seeks to offset deteriorating earnings in the financial business by slashing labor costs, a source close to the matter said Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 13, 2020
Japan Post group to halve recruits in 2021 after insurance scandal
Japan Post Holdings Co. plans to hire 2,055 new graduates in April 2021, less than half of some 4,300 slated to start working for the postal service group next month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 28, 2020
Over 1,400 Japan Post workers improperly sold insurance products, probe finds
The Japan Post Holdings Co. group said Thursday it had confirmed Japan Post Insurance Co. products were sold improperly by 1,447 post office workers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2020
Japan Post to probe more insurance contracts as sales scandal grows
Japan Post Holdings Co. says it will look into 220,000 more insurance contracts — signed by around 60,000 customers — that are suspected of being part of a widening scandal involving improper sales.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 30, 2020
Japan Post Insurance misconduct may have hit 60,000 more customers
Improper sales practices for Japan Post Insurance Co. products may have disadvantaged 60,000 more customers than previously known, sources have said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2020
New Japan Post chief vows to probe leak from ministry on insurance scandal
Hiroya Masuda, the new president at Japan Post Holdings Co., vowed Thursday to investigate a leak to the group of information about administrative punishments that were under consideration in relation to its improper sales of insurance products.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2020
New Japan Post chief vows to regain trust as ex-bureaucrats take reins after scandal
New Japan Post Holdings Co. President Hiroya Masuda pledged Monday to regain the public's trust in the former state-owned postal group now being rocked by scandal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 27, 2019
Execs quit as Japan Post units ordered to halt insurance sales for three months
Japan Post Holdings CEO Masatsugu Nagato, Japan Post Insurance President Mitsuhiko Uehira and Japan Post President Kunio Yokoyama are all resigning over the scandal.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 26, 2019
Former minister Hiroya Masuda to lead Japan Post after insurance scandal
Hiroya Masuda, a former minister of internal affairs and communications, will replace Masatsugu Nagato as president of Japan Post Holdings Co., effective early next year, a source familiar with the plan said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 19, 2019
Japan Post CEO weighs resigning over improper insurance sales
The top executive of Japan Post Holdings Co. said Wednesday he is considering resigning in the wake of a probe that uncovered more than 12,000 cases of suspected improper sales of insurance products at two subsidiaries in the five years through March 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Dec 17, 2019
Japan Post units may be ordered to suspend some operations due to dodgy insurance sales
The agency may order the units to halt sales and some other operations after an on-site investigation found cases violating the insurance business law.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 16, 2019
Irregularities suspected in sales of around 10,000 Japan Post insurance policies
The number is far bigger than the 6,327 contracts highlighted in an interim report in September on inappropriate sales practices at the group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 15, 2019
Japan Post Holdings' sales dropped 4.8% for April-September amid insurance scandal
Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday its group revenue in the April-September half dropped 4.8 percent from a year earlier to ¥5.96 trillion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2019
NHK president denies it nixed program about Japan Post's insurance practices due to outside pressure
NHK President Ryoichi Ueda denied Thursday that outside complaints caused the cancellation of a program about inappropriate sales practices for Japan Post Insurance Co. products.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2019
Address growing problem at Japan Post group
As the top shareholder, the government should look into the group's scandal and explore ways to fix its problems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2019
Japan Post Insurance policies affected by sales scandal double to 180,000
The sum roughly doubled from the previously recognized number of 93,000 after the company checked all of its new 10 million contracts concluded over the five years through fiscal 2018.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2019
Inappropriate sales by Japan Post Insurance
A probe must be conducted to get to the bottom of the scandal and steps taken to ensure it doesn't happen again.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 10, 2019
Japan Post Insurance admits mismanaging over 90,000 policies, including duplicate premium payments
Japan Post Insurance Co. has admitted mismanagement in connection with more than 90,000 insurance policies, the biggest scandal for the country's dominant postal group since its privatization in 2007.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 5, 2019
Japan Post to sell up to 30% of outstanding shares in its insurance unit
Japan Post Holdings Co. said Thursday that it will sell up to 30 percent of its outstanding shares in subsidiary Japan Post Insurance Co. by the end of this month.

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